May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Marquise Cephus, 18, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Jaqeuce Spinks, 19, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Jaqeuce Spinks, 19, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Jaqeuce Spinks, 19, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Marquise Cephus, 18, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Marquise Cephus, 18, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Marquise Cephus, 18, of Newark, makes his first appearance with lawyer John McMahon in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)

May 27, 2015, 12:53PM

Jaqeuce Spinks, 19, of Newark, makes his first appearances in connection with the Mother's Day killing of Al-Shakeem Woodson in Newark before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (Andrew Miller | For NJ Advance Media)